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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
May. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Waldemar Link Gmbh & Co. KG, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Helmut D. Link, Hamburg, DE;
Carsten Schottler, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
WALDEMAR LINK GMBH & CO. KG, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 71/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); B29C 35/04 (2006.01); B29C 37/02 (2006.01); C08F 10/02 (2006.01); C08L 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30942 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); B29C 35/045 (2013.01); B29C 37/02 (2013.01); B29C 71/02 (2013.01); C08F 10/02 (2013.01); C08L 23/06 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30112 (2013.01); C08F 2500/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for treating a polymer workpiece for use in a joint implant. It comprises the steps of placing the polymer workpiece in an explosion chamber, introducing a combustible gas mixture into the explosion chamber and igniting the combustible gas mixture. Igniting the gas mixture in the explosion chamber produces a temperature that lies above the melting point of a polymer of the polymer workpiece.